How have the league's most expensive arrivals done in their first season?

The season is nearly over, in fact, in two weeks the Premier League will be but a distant memory and we'll all be dusting off our vuvuzelas.

But how has the season been for the Premier League's newest arrivals.

An eye-watering, yellow-ticker-busting amount of money was spent on transfers last summer as the Premier League took advantage of a new television deal, but how have the debutants fared?

We got Ed Malyon to take a look at the top 20 most expensive signings and see how they did and what their future holds:

(Fees are approximate in some cases and not worth getting angry about)

Mesut Ozil, Real Madrid to Arsenal (£42million)

No Mes, no fuss: Ozil has been quietly excellent all season (Photo: Reuters)

Six goals and eleven assists probably constitute a successful debut year in the Premier League as it is, but on further analysis Ozil's performances are even more impressive. Only David Silva can boast more key passes per game this season and if Olivier Giroud hadn't spent the second half of the season being so ludicrously wasteful then Ozil's stats would look even better than they already are.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: Has slotted into the league nicely, can only kick on from here

Juan Mata, Chelsea to Manchester United (£37million)

Good Juan: Mata has done well enough in a poor United team (Photo: Jan Kruger)

He's not had much time to show what he can do at Old Trafford but the signs are already there.

Five goals and four assists from 12 Premier League starts bodes well and a new manager will look to get the best out of him.

Hit or miss? Hit... just about

Second season: Settle into new surroundings and return the club to the top four

Fernandinho, Shakhtar to Manchester City (£35million)

Here Fer good: The midfielder has been a success in Manchester (Photo: Getty)

Still a huge amount of money to spend on a player of that age but Fernandinho has indisputably been a great signing for Manchester City and may add a Premier League title to his League Cup winners medal to make a first-season success story.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: Needs to help City make an impact in the Champions League

Willian, Anzhi to Chelsea (£31million)

Will power: The Brazilian has shown why English clubs were battling so hard for him last summer (Photo: PA)

Has been brilliant in the Champions League, which Chelsea could yet win, as well as versatile and perfect for Jose Mourinho's counter-attacking style.

Less effective in the Premier League but still with four goals and a couple of assists under his belt, the Brazilian has put a wee transfer saga last year behind him to impress at Stamford Bridge.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: Keep progressing, help Chelsea win a league title

Erik Lamela, Roma to Tottenham (£30million)

Lame: Erik signed for big money, but we've rarely seen him since (Photo: tottenhamhotspur.com)

Was supposed to be Gareth Bale's replacement, notionally, but instead has become a missing person whose injuries have ruined his first season at the club. With his Serie A record and still tender age there is no doubt that he has what it takes to succeed in the Premier League, but an Italy return would be so easy for the winger whose disastrous campaign has dashed his World Cup hopes.

Hit or miss? Miss

Next season? Should stick it out and show his class, but with a reputation still sky-high in Italy, a move back to Serie A would be the easy way out.

Marouane Fellaini, Everton to Man United (£28million)

Hello again: The picture that will haunt Fellaini's United career (Photo: Getty)

Not only overpriced but then under- or perhaps mis-used by the manager that knows him best, in a season of otherwise fairly disastrous results for Man United. A symbol of the Moyes reign, and that's not a good thing.

Hit or miss? Miss

Second season: If he stays at United then he simply must do better

Roberto Soldado, Valencia to Spurs (£27million)

Bobby's beat: It's been a tough old season for Soldado (Photo: Michael Steele)

It was a lot of money for a player that age but the least you could say at the time was that he guarantees goals. Having not even provided those it is without doubt a miss for Soldado, but he'll be used to them after the season he's had.

Hit or miss? Miss

Second season: It's very tough to write off any Spurs players after this circus of a season, Soldado will score goals in the right system.

Stevan Jovetic, Fiorentina to Man City (£23million)

Plagued by injuries and, even when fit, reduced to occasional cameos it still seems unfair to brand Jovetic a bad signing. But given his stellar performances for Fiorentina it's impossible not to have been disappointed by a player of his quality not yet showing it on our shores. Even if it's through lack of opportunity.

Hit or miss? Miss

Second season: Hopefully with a run of games JoJo will show his class.

Alvaro Negredo, Sevilla to Man City (£22million)

'Gred A performer: Has tailed off but nonetheless an impressive start to life at City (Photo: 2014 Getty Images)

Hasn't found the net for months after a promising start and can't get ahead of Dzeko for now. But 14 goals in all competitions is still a decent return for an opening season in a new league and he could yet have the deciding say in a title race.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: If Edin Dzeko leaves it may give him the opening he needs

Nemanja Matic, Benfica to Chelsea (£22million)

Auto Matic: The midfielder has been on majestic form (Photo: Getty)

It wasn't exactly moneyball from Chelsea to pay Benfica a fortune for a player they gave away as a petty makeweight but he is the sort of midfield general rarely seen and even more rarely bought. A terrific addition.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: Keep on keeping on

Andre Schurrle, Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea (£19million)

Has been used brilliantly at times by Jose Mourinho but also as an occasional pawn in the Jose-wants-an-expensive-strikeforce game which has seen him play as a false 9. Not outstanding but far from a disaster.

Hit or miss? Neither really, but definitely not a miss

Second season: Try and add some goals to a handy all-round game

Jesus Navas, Sevilla to Man City (£18million)

Rey de Copas: Navas scores in the Capital One Cup final (Photo: Jamie McDonald)

A terrific little winger who has made several key contributions for the would-be champions. An old-fashioned winger who provides an alternative.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: Same again, but better

Paulinho, Corinthians to Spurs (£17million)

Pau! The Brazilian has had a bizarre season

A curious season where we have seen glimpses of what he is capable of only to then watch him replaced by Nabil Bentaleb. An unfortunate victim of the mental breakdown that has been Tim Sherwood's reign and looks like has one eye on the World Cup.

Hit or miss? Hit, kind of

Second season: Settle under a new manager and show your class

Mamadou Sakho, PSG to Liverpool (£17million)

Sakh of spuds: Mamadou goes down to tackle Dzeko (Photo: PA)

May yet win a title in his first Liverpool season but has seen first-team opportunities limited by a couple of things, including Brendan Rodgers' reluctance to play two same-sided central defenders alongside each other. Useful enough when called upon but this would be the worst defence to ever win the Premier League.

Hit or miss? Hard to say, possibly a marginal miss

Second season: Will need more gametime but Champions League football should provide it

Andy Carroll, Liverpool to West Ham (£17million)

Broken down Car: A frustrating season for Andy (Photo: Steve Bardens)

Still viewed as a messiah by many West Ham fans, presumably because there aren't many alternatives. In reality, he has spent much of the season injured - a record West Ham knew all about before they splurged all that cash on him - and remains a player whose reputation is built on six months' goalscoring at Newcastle.

Hit or miss? Miss

Second season: Just needs to stay fit and score goals. The England door isn't closed for him

Dani Osvaldo, Roma to Southampton (£17million)

Fight club: Osvaldo didn't really work out (Photo: Getty)

A couple of decent goals but drummed out of the club after a training-ground bust-up and thus confirming what everyone knew - that he was trouble. He won't return to Saints and they won't lose too much money on him but he was their Robinho - a first 'wow' signing - and could represent the entry to a new era for Southampton.

Hit or miss? Miss

Second season: There won't be one

Konstantinos Mitroglou, Olympiakos to Fulham (£14million)

Oh. Oh dear. Fulham took the decision to unload a small fortune on a Champions League striker to try and keep them up this season. They may yet survive, but it won't be down to the Greece striker who has been spotted about as many times as Ali Al-Faraj.

Hit or miss? Miss, but could make us look stupid by scoring the goal to keep them up.

Second season: Could be in the Championship, but has A LOT to prove

James McCarthy, Wigan to Everton (£13.5million)

No laughing Mata: McCarthy has been great for Everton (Photo: Clive Brunskill/ Getty Images)

A superb, if underrated, player who has been a key part of Everton's success. They will ultimately miss out on Champions League qualification but McCarthy can be proud of a great season.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: Help his club to a top four finish if possible

Victor Wanyama, Celtic to Southampton (£13million)

Card day at the office: Wanyama has been combative at least (Photo: Getty Images)

Saints have had another good season, but despite having a far from terrible season Wanyama is yet to justify his price tag. Prone to silly mistakes in front of that back four, he's still far from a confirmed starter in Pochettino's first XI

Hit or miss? Miss

Second season: Calm it down, establish yourself as first choice alongside Schneiderlin

Wilfried Bony, Vitesse Arnhem to Swansea (£12.5million)

Where there's a Wil: Bony has scored plenty (Photo: PA)

The poster boy for lower-half teams splashing out on strikers. In a season the complete opposite of fellow newcomer Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Bony started slowly but has quietly accelerated through the business end of the season to report a haul of 15 goals and growing for the season. With Michu's injury, Swansea easily could have slipped into the relegation mix if it weren't for the Ivorian.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: Such has been his first one that his second Premier League season could be elsewhere, Everton interested

Christian Eriksen, Ajax to Tottenham (£12million)

Christian faith: Eriksen has been Spurs' star this year (Photo: Ian Walton/Getty)

A wonderful player that Tottenham are already very worried about losing. By far the biggest success of Tottenham's Bale-funded summer splurge and probably already worth double, if not more, of what they paid for him. Potential to improve even more.

Hit or miss? Hit

Second season: Stay at Spurs and thrive under a proper manager, but there will be interest this summer

Gary Medel, Sevilla to Cardiff City (£12million)

Not even a bronze: Medel has had a painful season (Photo: Stu Forster)

A complete let-down. And when I say that, I mean that at the very least he could have offered us chair-smashing or a plague of red cards like in previous leagues he has blessed. Not this season, and he's likely to be relegated to the Championship where he almost certainly won't play and will be sold at a loss, consigned to the footnotes of 'Top 25 Worst Premier League signings' lists.

Hit or miss? Miss

Second season: Back to Spain with his tail between his legs, you'd guess